The Journal of Surgery
Last updated ISSN 1741-6280
The Journal of Surgery is published by Elsevier BV in medicine. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in The Journal of Surgery concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
- Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management
- Health and Medical Research Impacts
- Hernia repair and management
- Abdominal Trauma and Injuries
- Global Health and Surgery
- Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders
- Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes
- Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments
- Head and Neck Surgical Oncology
Key facts
| Publisher | Elsevier BV |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1741-6280, 1741-6299 |
| Subject area | Medicine |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Scopus |
| Articles published | 181 |
| Publishing since | 1989 |
| Journal website | www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/17416280 |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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